当成 (dàng chéng) — to consider as; to take to be

Definition

当成 and 当作 are nearly interchangeable ('treat/regard as'); 当成 is slightly more colloquial. Both are everyday choices, unlike the written/formal 视为.

verb

to consider asto take to be

当成。
Tā bǎ wǒ dàng chéng zì jǐ de qīn dì di.
He treats me like his own younger brother.
当成。
Bié bǎ zhè jiàn shì dàng chéng kāi wán xiào.
Don't take this matter as a joke.
当成。
Hěn duō rén dàng chéng xué wài yǔ shì yí jiàn hěn nán de shì.
Many people consider learning a foreign language a very difficult thing.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

当dāngregard as

当 says to regard or treat something, and 成 marks the result as.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 當; 当 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

尚

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 當 combines 田 (field) with 尚; the evidence describes fields facing each other.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

丁

丁dīng成chéng

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

成 puts 戊, a weapon, beside 丁, which gives the sound. The weapon part relates to protection, as in the old sense of city walls.

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